Ancient China Timeline

By Georianna Lewis
  • Period: 1728 BCE to 1675 BCE

    King Jie

    He is the traditionally regarded as a tyront and oppressor who bought about the collapse of a dynasty. king Jie was the 17th and the last ruler of Xia dynasty.
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE

    Shang dynasty

    The shang dynasty is the first chinese dynasty for which there is Archaeoligical evidence. The dynasty was founded by tang of shang.
  • Period: 1122 BCE to 256 BCE

    Zhou dynasty

    The Zhou dynasty was attacked in 771 BCE. The zhou established a new capital at Luoyang.
  • Period: 551 BCE to 478 BCE

    confucius

    Confucius hometown was Qufu. Confucius started his teaching career at the age of 24.
  • Period: 544 BCE to 496 BCE

    Sun TZU

    Sun TZU was a great milatary leader and strategist who wrote the book art of the zoo. Sun TZU had two leaders exacuted then assigned two more leaders.
  • Period: 476 BCE to 221 BCE

    The Warring state Period

    The Warring state period lasted 254 years. The Warring state period was dominated by 7 warring states.
  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Qin dynasty

    Feizi was the founder of the state Qin. Qin dynasty was the first imperial dynasty of china.
  • Period: 210 BCE to 209 BCE

    The Terracotta army

    The army took an estimated 40 years to finished. Experts estimated there are more than 8,000 soilders, 130 chariots, and 670 horses.
  • Period: 202 BCE to 220 BCE

    Han dynasty

  • Period: 202 BCE to 195 BCE

    Reign of Liu Bang

  • Period: 141 BCE to 87 BCE

    Reign of emperor Wu

  • Period: 141 BCE to 87 BCE

    Reign of Wudi

  • Period: 45 BCE to 23 BCE

    Reign of Emperor Wang Dang

  • 7 BCE

    The first use of the crossbow

  • 105

    Invention of Paper